La Bohème: Norwegian National Opera (Eivind Gullberg Jensen) (2012)

Stefan Herheim, one of the world's most sought after operatic directors, superimposes the modern over the traditional in this dramatic and thought provoking new version of Puccini's 'La Bohème'. Freedom, love, and even death all demand a price that must be paid and the opera opens with Mimì (Marita Sølberg) dying of cancer in a modern intensive care unit; the overture begins just after the ECG machine displays its unmistakable flat green line. With Norway's internationally renowned Eivind Gullberg Jensen conducting, the production reaches superb heights of operatic drama.